US2024282102A1PendingUtilityA1

Surface water monitoring method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium

Assignee: UNIV TSINGHUAPriority: Feb 21, 2023Filed: Nov 12, 2023Published: Aug 22, 2024
Est. expiryFeb 21, 2043(~16.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Di LongLuo Li
G01C 13/00G01S 13/9027G06V 20/13G06V 10/22G06V 10/764G01S 13/9021G06N 20/00G01S 13/86G01S 13/885
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Abstract

What disclosed are a surface water monitoring method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining optical satellite images and synthetic aperture radar satellite images of an area to be monitored in a preset time period; determining a first target region in each optical satellite image, determining a water body type of a pixel in a second target region in the SAR satellite image corresponding to the first target region; determining water body types of pixels in other regions in the optical satellite image, the other regions being regions in the optical satellite image other than the first target region; and determining surface water distribution information of the area to be monitored in the preset time period according to the water body type of the pixel in the second target region and the water body types of the pixels in the other regions.

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A surface water monitoring method, comprising:
 obtaining optical satellite images and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite images of an area to be monitored in a preset time period;   determining a first target region in each optical satellite image, the first target region being a region in the optical satellite image, where pixels, whose observation data volume is less than or equal to a preset data volume, is located;   determining a water body type of a pixel in a second target region in the SAR satellite image corresponding to the first target region;   determining water body types of pixels in other regions in the optical satellite image, the other regions being regions in the optical satellite image other than the first target region; and   determining surface water distribution information of the area to be monitored in the preset time period according to the water body type of the pixel in the second target region and the water body types of the pixels in the other regions.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining the water body type of the pixel in the second target region in the SAR satellite image corresponding to the first target region comprises:
 obtaining a backscatter coefficient corresponding to the pixel in the second target region; and   determining the water body type of the pixel in the second target region according to the backscatter coefficient corresponding to the pixel in the second target region.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the determining the water body type of the pixel in the second target region according to the backscatter coefficient corresponding to the pixel in the second target region comprises:
 determining the water body type of the pixel with the backscatter coefficient greater than or equal to a first preset threshold to be a non-water body pixel type if the backscatter coefficient corresponding to the pixel in the second target region is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the determining the water body type of the pixel in the second target region according to the backscatter coefficient corresponding to the pixel in the second target region further comprises:
 obtaining historical water body types of the pixel with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold in a plurality of historical time periods if the backscatter coefficient corresponding to the pixel in the second target region is less than the first preset threshold; and   determining the water body type of the pixel in the second target region with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold according to the historical water body types of the pixel with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold in the plurality of historical time periods.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the determining the water body type of the pixel in the second target region with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold according to the historical water body types of the pixel with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold in the plurality of historical time periods comprises:
 determining the water body type of the pixel with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold in the second target region to be a water body pixel type if a proportion of the water body pixel types among the historical water body types of the pixel with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold is greater than a second preset threshold; and   determining the water body type of the pixel with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold in the second target region to be the non-water body pixel type if the proportion of the water body pixel types among the historical water body types of the pixel with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold is less than or equal to the second preset threshold.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining the water body types of the pixels in the other regions in the optical satellite image comprises:
 obtaining historical water body types of pixels in third target regions in optical satellite images in a plurality of historical time periods, wherein each third target region is at least one of a snow-covered region and a mountain-covered region among the other regions;   determining a water body type of the pixel in each third target region according to the historical water body types of the pixels in the third target regions in the plurality of historical time periods;   determining a new water detection index (WDI) of a pixel in a fourth target region according to a geometric linear discrimination analysis (GLDA) algorithm and reflectance of a top layer of atmosphere of each wave band corresponding to the pixel in the fourth target region; and   determining a water body type of the pixel in the fourth target region according to the new WDI of the pixel in the fourth target region, the fourth target region being a region other than the third target region among the other regions.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the determining the water body type of the pixel in each third target region according to the historical water body types of the pixels in the third target regions in the plurality of historical time periods comprises:
 determining the water body type of the pixel corresponding to a proportion of water body pixel types among the historical water body types of the pixel in the third target region greater than the second preset threshold to be a water body pixel type, if the proportion is greater than the second preset threshold; and   determining the water body type of the pixel corresponding to the proportion less than or equal to the second preset threshold to be a non-water body pixel type if the proportion of the water body pixel type in the historical water body types of the pixel in the third target region is less than or equal to the second preset threshold.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the determining the water body type of the pixel in the fourth target region according to the new WDI of the pixel in the fourth target region comprises:
 determining the water body type of the pixel with the new WDI greater than a third preset threshold to be a water body pixel type, if the new WDI of the pixel in the fourth target region is greater than the third preset threshold; and   determining the water body type of the pixel with the new WDI less than or equal to the third preset threshold as a non-water body pixel type, if the new WDI of the pixel in the fourth target region is less than or equal to the third preset threshold.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein optical satellites are the same kind of satellites, the water body type of the pixel with the new WDI greater than the third preset threshold is determined to be the water body pixel type, and the water body type of the pixel with the new WDI less than or equal to the third preset threshold is determined to be the non-water body pixel type. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein optical satellites comprise at least two kinds of satellites, the water body type of the pixel in the fourth target region is determined to be the water body pixel type if the water body type of the pixel in the fourth target region in an image of any one kind of optical satellite image is the water body pixel type, and the water body type of the pixel in the fourth target region is determined to be the non-water body pixel type, if the water body types of the pixels in the fourth target regions in all optical satellite images are the non-water body pixel types. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the third preset threshold is set to be 0.06. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the new WDI is calculated by: 
       
         
           
             
               
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         wherein B denotes the reflectance of the top layer of the atmosphere corresponding to a blue wave band, G denotes a reflectance of the top layer of the atmosphere corresponding to a green wave band, R denotes a reflectance of the top layer of the atmosphere corresponding to a red wave band, NDWI denotes a normalized difference water index, MNDWI denotes a modified normalized difference water index, NIR denotes a reflectance of the top layer of the atmosphere of a near-infrared wave band, SWIR 1  denotes a reflectance of the top layer of the atmosphere of a short-wave near-infrared wave band  1 , and SWIR 2  denotes a reflectance of the top layer of the atmosphere of a short-wave near-infrared wave band  2 . 
       
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the determining the water body type of the pixel in the fourth target region according to the new WDI of the pixel in the fourth target region comprises: determining the water body type of the pixel in the fourth target region according to a product obtained by multiplying the new WDI of the pixel in the fourth target region by a first preset coefficient. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the first preset threshold is determined according to an expectation maximization algorithm and the backscatter coefficient corresponding to the pixel in the second target region. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the historical water body types of the pixel with the backscatter coefficient less than the first preset threshold in the plurality of historical time periods are calculated according to observation data corresponding to each pixel in the optical satellite images in the plurality of historical time periods. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein a duration of one historical time period is the same as a duration of the preset time period. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the optical satellite images and the SAR satellite images of the area to be monitored in the preset time period comprises: a cloud removal is performed on Landsat-8 satellite images and Sentinel-2 satellite images corresponding to the area to be monitored in the preset time period to obtain the optical satellite images of the area to be monitored in the preset time period; and using Sentinel-1 satellite images as the SAR satellite images corresponding to the area to be monitored in the preset time period. 
     
     
         18 . A surface water monitoring apparatus, comprising:
 an acquisition module configured to obtain optical satellite images and SAR satellite images of an area to be monitored in a preset time period;   a first determination module configured to determine a first target region in each optical satellite image, the first target region being a region in the optical satellite image, where pixels, whose observation data volume is less than or equal to a preset data volume, is located;   a second determination module configured to determine a water body type of a pixel in a second target region in the SAR satellite image corresponding to the first target region;   a third determination module configured to determine water body types of pixels in other regions in the optical satellite image, the other regions being regions in the optical satellite image other than the first target region; and   a fourth determination module configured to determine surface water distribution information of the area to be monitored in the preset time period according to the water body type of the pixel in the second target region and the water body types of the pixels in the other regions.   
     
     
         19 . A computer device, comprising a processor and a memory having computer programs stored thereon, wherein the processor, when executing the programs, implements steps of the method of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer programs stored thereon, wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, force the processor to implement steps of the method of  claim 1 .

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